Team Obama's Message

By

Jason L. Riley

July 14, 2014 7:16 a.m. ET

The willingness of the Obama administration to stoke racial divisions for political gain is astounding. On Sunday Attorney General Eric Holder doubled down on his past assertions that criticism of the White House is racially motivated and that Republicans are pushing voter ID laws to disenfranchise blacks.

"There's a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that's directed at me [and] directed at the president," Mr. Holder told ABC News. "There's a certain racial component to this for some people. I don't...